Perhaps it's a dud. Perhaps it's the wrong board. But people other than me did mention it too and I figure, why not... It could be fun

This is the self-help-group for addicts of Carol's On The Other Hand.

Hello, my name is Michael and I keep checking back after leaving FDK to a new OTOH-part at least once an hour to read the new FDK. I'm addicted to Carol fic and I need help.

Hello, I'm Anonyma, and I happen to check not only for new parts of OTOH to be posted, I also check the FDK thread as often as I can. Within reason (meaning about only once per half an hour when I'm online).

Yay! A place where I can meet like-minded and like-afflicted people, lol.

Yes, I too am addicted to Carolfic. I self-medicate by continuous refreshing and fdk appraisal, but it seems that the more I get, the more I need.

Any ideas?

Oh yeah--protocol: Hello, my name is Sonia.

Hello, I'm Mr D8a, aka James.

I sampled OTOH and then stayed away as long as I could but Elisabeth, my beloved Eve, enticed me back to this addictive fic and I have partaken yet again.

I tend to reist only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday (NaNoWriMo guard in place) but I fall back again on Mondays. I am a sad and pathetic man.

Pray for me.

James

Hi, I'm Ann and I keep checking in when I should be grading essays instead!

Ann

Hi, my name is JD, and I'm specifically checking the boards every midnight while I'm on vaca this month to read story updates.

Mannn it's just .5 steps forward 18 million steps back. I feel like we're constantly butting up against an ice wall of silence...but it can be broken down!!!

JD

Well, I did manage to refrain form checking the boards for several hours. Of course, I wasn't awake during that time, so to James who manages to put writing in front of reading. That's a real achievement

JD, I'd vote for sending them into the Sauna, or a lonesome tropical island, to break down the ice.

Michael

Hmm. Maybe we should sent Carol into the sauna until she agrees to post everything at once? Anybody know where she lives?

Good idea, Mellie, and from her timezone, somewhere with Central Time.

More importantly, I just checked the boards and she's going to post soon again.

Michael

/points to Fanfic folder/

It's now been two hours since parts 70 and 71 were posted. It must be time already, no?

Michael, who is feeling sort of lost right now without new Carol-fic. It really seemed like a good idea, cajoling for daily-posts. But when you think about it, even EOD-posts are too high a frequency. No, once you reach this level of angst, it's an all-or-nothing deal. Weekly posts at least allow you to live a healthy live 6 days of the week. But daily posts, that's just waiting for the next fix

What Carol is trying to say is that she doesn't live anywhere with central time, but eastern time... (ET, right?)

Huh? And actually, her location entry says Southwest Missouri (Central time). Of course, that would be too easy for me The timezone trick was, that Carol mentioned she would get to read it before midnight when MLT posted NPLH at midnight ET.

Michael

PS: Don't worry, Carol, those back vans aren't following you. They're just... from the phone company. So nothing to worry

So, let's try to find her and ask google. If we enter her first name and her family name (which she once provided on this forum), we only get about 149.000 hits. Doesn't look like much of a problem, does it? After all, there's still enough time between her posts to look through them.

And it even gives her a very easy way out: Carol just has to post so often that people don't have time for anything else

Michael, who'd better stop boarding and get back to writing.

So *that's* why our phones aren't working...

Seriously. They're supposed to come fix them tomorrow...

Carol

It's sort of like when Babylon 5 went to syndication. When it was on once a week, it was an interesting show. When you could see it five days in a row, it was so emotionally intense that you needed Saturday and Sunday to recoop.

Maybe...I will probably be vilified for this, but here goes.

Maybe she should only post on Mondays. But each post should be equal to 4 of her usual posts, of course.

James

As in eight parts? But that still wouldn't work Of course, then we'd not get to read this all in one evening so we'd be right back to were we are now.

/looks back at James' post. Oh, you mean *only* for parts. Not four days worth. Okay, now that's mean. Bring out the tar and the feathers,

You know, James, I know exactly what you mean about B5. Only I had them all taped long before syndication (or our equivalent) and when S3 was done, I spent an entire Easter holiday-week with a B5 marathon.

Nowadays, when I do watch the discs (yeah, I upgraded ) I do it slowly, one episode a day and 4 on a weekend or so. I can actually deal with that, given how I already know the show. Not that I don't give in an watch till the end of some of the more intense arcs But with all the Fanfic reading and writing, I didn't get around to it this year. I do think that's a good thing. I think. On the other hand, I have DS9 in my DVD-player this year, so that might help, too

Michael, who begins to realize that joking about extreme posting schedules is all fun and play until somebody gets hurt.

Ok. so I suppose introductions need to come first. My name is grinch, and I'm ready to steal Christmas pretty darn soon if Carol doesn't post the entire story and its sequel in one shot.

Why bother with once a week postings or multi-day postings? We can get it over with one shot. We can then request a sequel to the sequel so we can avoid those nasty withdrawal symptoms...

I'm quite far away from Missouri, but am totally up for some tag team action. Anybody else in? Cutting phone lines seems a bit harsh, now stealing Christmas...

Make the Clark hatred go away and make Clark and Lois fall in love. That's not asking a lot is it?

LOL!

OTOH still isn't finished and neither is the sequel so I'm afraid posting what I have in one shot would be even more frustrating .

UP - hopefully - will be finished this week and then back to OTOH to finish it. And if it's not finished early this week, probably back to OTOH anyway b/c I *will* run out of buffer next week [early Dec]. The last chapter - well, the one I'm currently writing - jumped 4 months unexpectedly, which is hurrying them along towards the resolution in the sequel faster than anticipated, but I'm not sure that jumping that far ahead is a good thing... /sigh/ But I can't really ask because that's giving too much away...

There is potential for, if not a sequel, then a companion piece [sort of along the lines of LtL: Lucy's Story, but not quite]. There's also sequel possibilities, but that one's more likely as all I've got for the sequel is an A plot thing and everyone knows I hate A plots...

There's also one that's been on my HD for nearly two years that I'm anxious to work on again... Everyone who's read what I have *loves* it but it needs major overhauling in parts so...

Carol

For a sick round-table discussion sometime:
So I had this dream last night that they broke the ice and started talking...and wow, Clark felt all this guilt because he wound up with a rich in-law and a beautiful wife and child, while Lana is having a crappy outcome of the situation with Tim...and Clark got Lois an awesome anniversary gift...although why it contained a Spessartine Garnet is beyond me...

JD

Carol, jumping ahead is never a good thing. And no spoilers please

Michael

hi my name is Tonya...... i'm addict to leaving fdk. ( by the way thanks for the flowers Michael)
I want to say this is by far the most addictive story i ever read.

I've fallen off the wagon...over the last two days I just inhaled 65-71...

Clark and Lois are friends again!

But I see ominus signs of disappearing child! Bad, Bad Naviwhachit!

Tonya, we have a buffet of Double Fudge Crunch Bars, Ding Dongs, and Cream Soda over there by the wall. There's also some Double Choco Chocolate Chip ice cream

James, how did you manage to stop with part 71? There's 72-75 still out there? /looks innocently while trying to hide the pointy tail and the horns.

Michael, who recommends public transportation for getting to work and a mobile phone with GPRS capabilities.

I know that 72-75 are out there now. I just need to find the time to read them, legitimately, of course.

Michael -

Do you have anything to do with the fact that my phone isn't working again?! The guy yesterday was here for nearly four hours trying to get them to fix a computer problem with it somewhere...

/looks suspiciously towards Europe/

Carol

Sorry to hear that, James. But if it helps, being able to refrain form reading them illegitimately after reading 6 parts means you're doing very well with being strong. /hands James an achievement badge

/checks mission briefs about Surveillance Carol 1

Hmm, was the guy dish-water blond, built like a cross between the coke-guy and Dean Cain and going by the name of Jack? If so, then it could be a problem with the switchboard not being plugged-in yet at our surveillance center upstate. You know, he was actually supposed to wait until *after* we were done on our end, but if he got the other job done sooner You know how it goes. Finish all surveillance ops by Thursday and have a long weekend down in Florida

Michael

You don't have to be crazy to write or read Lois and Clark fanfic, but it helps.

And y'all are just plain nuts.

Well, Carol, you never know, you never know. After all, calling people or taking calls would take away some of your precious writing time...

So, what else can we do to keep Carol writing without interruptions?

I've heard that this is great story and have been told that I *better* read it! So, I'm going to have to do that - perhaps when I have surgery.

Oh, yeah... Uh... My name is Nancy, and I'm waiting to be addicted.

Well, I've been trying to get you to take your first fix long enough. :p

Oh, wasn't this the group where we were supposed to help each other to cope with our already existing addiction?

LOL!

Phone is working again...

Only managed a couple hundred words yesterday but did order a new TV/TIVO and am VERY excited about that!

And that was online not in person or over the phone...

hehe
Carol

Carol, great to hear and on a slightly more FoLCy note: Great to hear about the TiVo. Now you can record all the shows for until AFTER you're done writing OTOH and UP and Sequel to TVOS

Nancy, drugs bad. Don't do them Especially Fic. It's like chocolate for Lois. Okay, not sure if that makes any sense, but I'm not all that awake right now

Michael

Um, you do realize it's been like 6 years since VOTS right? I read what I found of the sequel [like 10 pages], cringed, and realized I had no idea what I had planned for it. I know what I'm planning on working on when I'm done with OTOH and UP and it's not that... So sorry .

Next chapter of OTOH is almost done - finally - some of the wording... argh!

And I've already got a TIVO, this is just a new one .

Carol

Oh well, one still can dream, right

@TiVo: They are nice, aren't they? Much less pressure on one's schedule And now garbled up tapes.

Michael

ummm... this is the Addicted to Carol's Writing Meeting, right? Oh good.

My name is Marie and I am so beyond addicted to Carol's work that I think I might need therapy.

shameless begging for the next chapter of OTOH

Hi, I'm Beth and I...

Oh, wait. I have ten chapters of Carolfic waiting in my inbox right now and I have no intention of reading them tonight at all (sorry, Carol). /runs away from the thread

/squeals/ BETH!

Have missed *you* more than seeing your beta chapters .

I was up late last night and hoped to see you but not that late .

Carol [who points to the fic folder and new posts]

Hmm... Beth, you know that flaunting this in the face of a thread full of addicts isn't healthy, right?

20 hours and counting.

Michael

Sending a few more little critters in Beth' direction...

For real, it's like when they build a Baskin Robbins ice cream right next to Weight Watchers, which I swear I see all the time when I'm driving around. They just want to mess with the healthy eaters...or the fic readers, Beth...

JD

Hello!

My name is Sarah and I am shamelessly addicted to OTOH.. I have been a silent reader all this time, but I cannot be silenced any longer!

Now how much longer is it for the next chapters? :rolleyes:

Just 3 to 4 hours to go...

I'm getting worse, I'm afraid. Today, I checked Carol's posting schedule for tomorrow before actually checking the new parts. Pathetic, isn't it?

Hmm, did that too. Not today. But a couple of other days

Michael

The food is good and thanks for the cream soda...... (be back stuffing face) lol all this chocolate yummmm.

Back.... now me loving all fan fic. Carol have you ever thought and doing an flash back at the cabin. I need help too excited. need more chocolate. fingers itchy.

You know that this here is *not* Chocolate Anonymous, do you? Although I'd sign up there at once if it existed.

Lol! It's Michael fault! Now I openly have two addictions. The more the story goes on more excited I get.

/Han Solo voice/ It's not my fault

Terry mentioned in the FDK-thread something about steps. I'm not really sure if we would need one. After all, is there anyone here who actually wants to get over this addiction?

And besides, unless somebody finds an alternative addiction, going cold turkey would be a really bad thing. The stuff would still be out there and eventually you'd cave and gobble up an entire week worth of OTOH, leaving you shaking and babbling. So the best we can hope for, is not checking the boards between posts. Sleeping helps in this department. Also working without an internet connection.

Michael

I sleep, then got up by 7 am to check broads and wait. I refresh it per hour. Then I can't wait at work. When I'm closing I get on the net and check.
So ready to read the next two it's scary.
Michael I mean (Han Solo) thank you for the chocolates. I'm o.k. now. Going cold turkey been there still have some left over. Want some?

Thanks Terry for pointing me in this direction.

Hi, my name is Melanie, and I'm addicted to Carolfic. When it's my day off, I find myself watching the clock while waiting for update time and frequently checking the boards just in case. When it's a workday, I check the boards as soon as I get home.

I totally agree that Carol should just go ahead post the whole thing all at once, along with the next 2 sequels. That's not asking too much is it?

Please excuse me while I go to check the boards again for an update. It's between 10-11.

Thanks, Tonya. chocolate is so much healthier than waiting for new OTOH.

Actually did wait most of today for Carol to post. This is getting worse and worse

Michael

I'm so proud. I managed to not cave in to my addiction until this very evening. (Okay, so Carol posted in the afternoon (my timezone), but still. I didn't check if she posted early, and I didn't go online as soon as she was supposed to post. Isn't it great?

Boy, I just got a really disturbing hit. And right before I need to do something nice for my LnC. Oh boy

Michael

*Wednesday*
*Wednesday*
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*Wednesday*

OTOH withdrawal!!!



Ann

Me, too.

They're up! They're up!

Stinking flood protection makes it take longer...

Carol

Carol, before you go on your holiday... spend the whole night posting, okay? Pretty please?

I'm already feeling pre-withdrawal symptoms for Saturday

Michael

Tell you what...

Here's what I'll do...

Right now, I run out of buffer middle of next week [Wednesday is the last of what I have written]. Depending on how much I get written today and tomorrow, I'll post late tomorrow night. If I can get AT LEAST two more chapters done - preferably three - I'll post tomorrow night. I'm about 1/3 done with 106 right now - if I can get AT LEAST 108 done, I'll go with as early as possible tomorrow and late tomorrow night.

How's that?
Carol

Okay, it's late and my time-zone calc no longer works but it seems like you're saying I'm getting 4 posts sometime before Sunday evening. If you have time to finish 108. Sounds good. Sort of. As long as I know when I don't have to refresh for new posts. At least that way I can wrap up my own stuff.

Michael

PS: Did I ever mention your writing speed is awesome?

106 is done. If I can get 107 started tonight - a good chunk of it, I may make it tomorrow, but we'll have to see. Laundry is everywhere at the moment - clean but everywhere .

Carol

/crosses fingers that Carol will be able to post tonight so I can wake up to new OTOH

Michael

Mine too and eyes and legs and toes. BTW my fince (never can spell that word) loves you (Michael) to finish the story you was working on thanks.

Time permitting, I'll post later tonight.

109 is started [Like 10 words, but started].

Carol

Thanks, Tonya. Will be working on it this weekend.

Carol, I'm sure everyone here will take a very basic version of the post. You know, something that wouldn't take more than 5 minutes, including the Flood-protection. What an annoying feature
So anyway, big intros and stuff wouldn't be required if that's what takes to get the next fix.

Michael

is it time yet? is it time yet? is it time yet? is it time yet? is it time yet? is it time yet?

How 'bout now?

I'm going to try but no promises. Just got the ficathon stuff out and still have some stuff to do tonight... We'll see...

I will do my best - I promise!

Carol

You know, Carol, it is sort of comforting to know that I won't get the next part till Monday morning, my time, thus leaving me Saturday and Sunday with without any new hands. At least that way I can do other things. IF I ever get my mind calmed down enough.

Michael

Angst doesn't kill readers. Authors do.

Post now? Please? Pretty please?



Ann

Michael

Michael

So I've been itching to post this picture....



Please don't let Lois and Clark take an AU step back from each other!!! Please?

Ann

Ann, don't give Carol any ideas

Michael

<whimpers>

Ann

/peeks around/

Carol was here a few minutes ago

/goes back to shaking/

Michael

It's up! It's up!

Carol

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

Okay, that was really manly.

Michael

Actually, it's been easy to stay away from this fic (as much as I admire the talents of the writer). One word.

Children.

Tank (who thought that the gentle writers understood that we didn't need fics with Lois pregnant or with small children)

It's worse than that. Jimmy Olsen is considered a main character.


Elisabeth

Right about now, fics are the only thing still holding me afloat amidst non-stop work. And this little story leads the way

Michael

I don't know that I'd call Jimmy a *main* character - though he has been at times...

But you're right - this isn't really a Tank kinda fic...

Carol [who is ready for it to be done and hopes she can do the ending justice]

Well, Carol, you cold get Lois a haircut to make Tank happy. And maybe offer a Tank Ending where you kill off the kids and Jimmy...

(for the next part, not Tank ending)

Michael /shivers/

Ann: "Doctor, can you cure my OTOH addiction?"

Bernard Klein: "Take this Van. It should work like magic."



Ann

, Ann!

Unanswered Prayers, Clark, Lois & Lana, Smallville version

either this is some masterful editing or I need to start watching smallville again! Nice vid, Im not sure what unanswered prayers will be about but this is definetely what the end otoh looks like right now.

Will the posting of UP start right after the last post of OTOH or will there be a waiting period in between? I vote for no wait.

Hehe [and yes, I'm here this morning and going to post OTOH momentarily].

Probably a bit of a break, but by mid-Jan or so at the latest - thinking one chapter daily posts and about 35 chapters or so total - have 28 currently written, but need to add at least one more chapter in the 8-10 area. Some of the beginning needs some edits to reflect some of the things that changed in writing the end of OTOH [like Lana not being all that is pure evil].

As for the plot of UP - no one's even come CLOSE! [though I haven't watched the vid yet.]

Carol

/squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee/

Michael

35parts total? No 100+ part epic? But... But... I'm not ready to let go so soon.

Exactly. What with the vignette?

Michael